Need a new 4 wheeler after 36 years

[Glaciers]

Well the SxS does weigh over twice as much as my 4 wheeler which I plowed with in the passed. So I’m going to try it without chains first.
The cup holders are to small for my cup. Got to find a smaller cup. But I will figure out the coffee cup problem, it’s close to the top of my list. Seriously.

 

[fiver]

don't get a taller cup, they tip over too easy.
i'm gonna mount one of those swingy boat type cup holders on the big wheeler one of these days.
i got it here somewhere, just don't remember where i put it.

 

[Rick]

A smaller coffee cup is certainly not the answer.

Like Fiver, I got those swinging boat cupholders. They make them large enough for a real coffee cup too.

 

[Rick]

If it will make you feel better John, winter will be here on Monday, only supposed to get up 57. Maybe rain on Sunday.

 

[Glaciers]

A smaller coffee cup is certainly not the answer.

Like Fiver, I got those swinging boat cupholders. They make them large enough for a real coffee cup too.

Well there are two built in cup holders even if they are smaller diameter, I can reach both with out any problems. And I have a pair of taller standard diameter insulated cups that should work, so I can leave the thermos in the house.

 

[Glaciers]

If it will make you feel better John, winter will be here on Monday, only supposed to get up 57. Maybe rain on Sunday.

Monday here is 37* and 27*. No Rick your not helping.

 

[Rick]

Well, I tried. Only 52 on Tuesday and winter will last until Friday when we get back to 70. Life is tough but we'll get through it. Somehow.

 

[Winelover]

If it will make you feel better John, winter will be here on Monday, only supposed to get up 57. Maybe rain on Sunday.

Wednesday's, AM's low is 29* here.

Not ready for that!

Tuesday and Thursdays' AM lows are only a few degrees warmer.

 

[Rick]

Different weather guesser's, give them an hour or so and they will make brand new guesses.

 

[popper]

So how come the Euro weather model is more accurate for the USA?

 

[Rick]

So how come the Euro weather model is more accurate for the USA?

 

[Rushcreek]

I consider my Mule indispensable. With a SMV sign on the back, I can legally drive on the County roads. No doors, nets, or windshield nreded- but a roof is needed for our mean Sun. To us, it's like a tiny 4 wheel drive pickup- and that's how we use it. I haven't missed my 86 model Yamaha 4 wheeler at all.

 

[Winelover]

I passed on a lot of different manufactures, SXS becasuue they didn't offer 2" receiver hitches, only the smaller sizes. Kawasaki was one of those.

 

[Glaciers]

I not sure the advantage of the 2” other then everybody and is brother has 2” of multiple configurations. I happen to have a couple of 1&1/4 hitches around and don’t need more as I’m not going to be hooking up to anything with a 2&5/16 hitch anyway.

 

[L Ross]

I find chains on the rear of my Ranger to be an advantage when working maple syrup in the Spring. Between snow and transitioning to mud with frozen soil underneath the mud. I only run chains on the rear. My neighbor who makes enough syrup to sell has the same 570 Ranger and chains up all 4 wheels. We also battle some pretty steep terrain and are often pulling a trailer with both the Ranger box and trailer loaded with jugs of sap.

 

[Winelover]

I wanted the 2" receiver so I could use my Hitch Hauler. Don't have to lift a deer carcass up but maybe a foot to get it loaded. Rather, than three feet to get it in the bed. Same thing with my 100+ pound lawnmower when I take to to the far end of my acreage. The disc plow, requires a 2" hitch, also. Plus, both my vans have 2" receivers, as well as Cindy's Colorado.

 

[Glaciers]

Now there’s a couple of reasons I’d not run a cross. I have seen adapter’s but then start extending out further.
That’s something not on the need list for me. But I certainly see your point.

 

[Rick]

I use an extension plus a riser on mine to tow. With an extension moving the trailer center point of the axles back further the trailer will track the ATV better. The riser gets it up off the ground, ATV receiver's are pretty low.

 

[Bret4207]

I feel chains are like guns. Better to have and not need it, then to need it and not have it. Or in this case “them”.

Chains are not just handy, but sometimes just plain "wunnerful!!!". The tractors here I use in winter are all 2WD. The old 800 Ford I use for fetching wood has worm a set from first snow to the end of mud season for a good 20 years. Another set goes on which ever tractor I use to get round bales. You can't go places like you can with a crawler, but they make an enormous difference.

 

[Bret4207]

man i threw so many sets of tire chains on out in the patch i got so i could chain up with the drivers door open on the rig and it wouldn't get cold in the cab.

i come to the conclusion that if i ever needed to chain up a personal vehicle, i didn't need to go there that bad.... ever.

for pushin snow down a cinder pit driveway, they went on and stayed on permanently.
if i gotta plow i'm not using no 4 wheeler, a suburban or 3/4 ton pickup was my choice, they were a lot more comfortable and efficient than even the tractor.
plus i could set my drink in the cup holder and listen to the radio.

Yeah boy! I started plowing as a, maybe, 11-12 year old in a ho'made doodlebug of my dads. It had a roof and some years it had a window on 3 sides. Then I graduated to an open station Hough Model HM payloader, old straight body gas job. The I made it to the 59 CJ5 Willys. That had a cab until the end of the first year when I dropped a tree on it. Open station plowing for the next 35 years. Now I have 2 plow trucks. Heat, lights, windows, even power angle. Quite a difference.